Airway Transportation Systems Specialist

Airway Transportion Systems Specialist (NAV/COMM NASTEP) Department of Transportion Federal Aviion Administrion ATO, Tech Ops, Tech Services Org, Ops Support Engineering Group, ESA NASTEP Group

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Summary The Airway Transportion Systems Specialists (ATSS) this level is recognized as the subject mter expert in their field. All duties of an ATSS are tied to maintaining safe and efficient opering capacity of the vast and complex network of electronics systems required for the world's largest air traffic control and navigion system. ATSS personnel install, evalue, maintain, modify and certify facilities, services and equipment th support the Nional Airspace System (NAS). Learn more about this agency Summary The Airway Transportion Systems Specialists (ATSS) this level is recognized as the subject mter expert in their field. All duties of an ATSS are tied to maintaining safe and efficient opering capacity of the vast and complex network of electronics systems required for the world's largest air traffic control and navigion system. ATSS personnel install, evalue, maintain, modify and certify facilities, services and equipment th support the Nional Airspace System (NAS). Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/05/2026 to 05/26/2026 Salary $77,351 - $119,883 per year The salary listed above does not include locality. Locality determined based on the duty locion of the selectee. Pay scale & grade FV I Locions 2 vacancies in the following locions: Burlington, MA Bangor, ME Nashua, NH Ashburn, VA Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required 50% or less - The job may require up to 50% travel. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential NA Job family (Series) 2101 Transportion Specialist Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test No Bargaining unit stus Yes - This is a bargaining unit position, represented by the Professional Aviion Safety Specialists ( http://www.passnional.org ). Announcement number

ACT-ATO-26-AJWE24D-98393

Control number 867690200 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Open to current permanent FAA Employees within ATO, AML, and AMA-400 Duties Help Serves as an ATSS (NAS Technical Evaluion Program Evaluor) in the NAS Technical Evaluion Program (NASTEP), responsible for performing a variety of functions directly reled to the operion of the NAS. Recognized as a principal technical specialist on legacy and newly developed systems within a large facility or multiple facilities over a large geographical area. Responsible for the planning, directing, coordining, monitoring, and maintenance activities associed with the management of assigned NAS systems/facilities. Performs work of broad scope and complexity with a high degree of independence. Applies broad experience and comprehensive technical knowledge to maintain and protect the integrity and safety of all components and systems for the NAS service delivery. Provides the highest organizion level of technical support associed with analyzing, developing, installing, repairing, fabricing, maintaining, modifying, or evaluing the most complex systems for which the FAA is responsible. Plans, coordines and performs work with a high degree of independence, keeping the supervisor advised only of the most critical issues. Resolves unique technical problems without managerial intervention, providing coordinion and suggestion solutions. Maintains situional awareness of the NAS. Comprehends FAA Orders, FAA Directives, Technical Instruction books, and other source merial for the NASTEP systems/subsystems/equipment or services. Rapidly analyzes and seeks resolution to problems as they arise and makes adjustments as necessary to deal with system outages and network performance deteriorion. Provides guidance and assistance to team members to resolve equipment/systems problems. Dissemines operional informion to team members. Advises team of any problems or potential problems th affect systems or services resulting from the NASTEP evaluion. Practices Risk Management during evaluion activities, taking into account the availability of back-up systems, possible reconfigurions to minimize service interruptions, and the relive criticality of particular functions to the safe and efficient operion of the NAS. Documents maintenance processes, reviews evaluion findings, and provides immedie feedback. Genere reports and, tracks issues to closure. Provide presentions to varying audiences. Analyzes system performance da from various sources such as maintenance logs, eTPRs, Flight Inspection reports, Technical Reference Da and input from users. Utilizes metrics and stistics to provide trend analysis on NAS systems and processes. Receives general program assignments from a supervisor or higher-level manager. Assignments are sted in terms of priorities, overall objectives, and boundaries. Completed assignments are considered technically authoritive and are reviewed only for general compliance with organizional objectives. Identifies resources needed to perform assignments. Organizes and assigns resources needed to accomplish large work activities within established schedules. Work is reviewed for compliance with established policies and sound technical and programmic judgement. Performs other duties as assigned. Incumbent must possess a valid driver's license. Requirements Help Conditions of employment US Citizenship is required. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents). Incumbent must possess a valid driver's license. Interviews conducted IAW applicable Collective Bargaining Unit Agreement or Agency Policy. Qualificions There is no timeframe requirement the Level

III/FV-H

to compete. Candides must show experience the level of difficulty and responsibility th is approprie to the position. Experience th demonstres an extensive knowledge of and experience in technology system interrelionships, and management of civilian or military automed aviion, navigion, and electronics systems. Generally, experience the next lower level Pay Band H/level III or FG/GS-12 or equivalent, meets the minimum qualificions for this position as long as the experience supports the demonstred abilities identified below. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualificion requirements may be further evalued on the Demonstred Abilities listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluion, applicants placed in one of the following cegories: score order, cegory grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for considerion. To qualify for this position you must demonstre in your applicion th you possess least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV H/Level III or

FG/GS-12.

Specialized experience is experience th has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

Specialized experience is:

Field experience in the maintenance and certificion of NAS facilities with discipline-specific knowledge in Navigion, Communicion and Weher systems. Qualificions must be met by the closing de of this vacancy announcement. Preview job questionnaire Make sure your resume includes detailed informion to support your qualificions and answers to the job questionnaire. Additional informion We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigion. A one-year probionary period may be required. The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure stement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviion-reled companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements 1. You MUST provide a

NARRATIVE

stement for each Demonstred Ability. The narrives should be clear and concise, providing a description of your educion, training and experience th would describe the degree to which you possess each Demonstred Ability. Candides must show experience the level of difficulty and responsibility approprie to the position.

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Answer all questions to the best of your ability.

DO NOT ASSUME THAT BECAUSE YOU HOLD, OR HAVE HELD THIS POSITION, YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE FOUND ELIGIBLE.

You may be asked to provide evidence or documention th you have this type of experience a ler stage in the selection process. Your responses are subject to verificion through job interviews, or any other informion obtained during th applicion process. Any exaggerion of your experience or any tempt to conceal informion can result in disqualificion. 2. Supervisor Endorsement. If your selection for this position would be considered a promotion then a supervisory stement endorsing your candidacy (Career Level III to Career Level IV) is required by the closing de of this announcement. The endorsement must include the announcement number. You may upload your document with your applicion. 3. Supervisory Endorsement is not required for ingrade/downgrade candides. Links to

Important Informion:

Locality Pay , COLA Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

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Applicants may be red on the extent and quality of experience, educion, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantied. Ensure th your applicion package/resume supports your responses. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50). Supervisor Endorsement. If your selection for this position would be considered a promotion, then a supervisory stement endorsing your candidacy (Career Level III to Career Level IV) is required by the closing de of this announcement. The endorsement must include the announcement number. Failure to submit will result in loss of considerion. Only supplemental documention (Supervisory Endorsement, SF-50) accepted in combinion with your on-line applicion. These documents must be uploaded or emailed to Danielle.

C.Dombecki@faa.gov on or before the closing de of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number. If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/ . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluion process. This assessment aims to evalue the competencies and qualificions essential for the position. You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.

RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.

Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualificions and include job title, employer name, start/end des, number of hours worked per week. Educion, certificion or licensure: If required, educion should include school/institution name, completion de, degree type and GPA. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies. Agency contact informion Danielle Dombecki Phone 1 (609) 485-4323 Fax 1 (609) 485-8995 Danielle.

C.Dombecki@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ACT Regional HR Services Branch Atlantic City Internional Airport, Bldg. 300 AHF-N710 Atlantic City, NJ 08405 US Next steps Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview. For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide . Important - If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued. All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50). Supervisor Endorsement. If your selection for this position would be considered a promotion, then a supervisory stement endorsing your candidacy (Career Level III to Career Level IV) is required by the closing de of this announcement. The endorsement must include the announcement number. Failure to submit will result in loss of considerion. Only supplemental documention (Supervisory Endorsement, SF-50) accepted in combinion with your on-line applicion. These documents must be uploaded or emailed to Danielle.

C.Dombecki@faa.gov on or before the closing de of this announcement. All submitted documents should reference the announcement number. If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action) containing informion in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organizion of record by the closing de of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line applicion. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/ . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluion process. This assessment aims to evalue the competencies and qualificions essential for the position. You must apply online to receive considerion. Your applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close De for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associed with FAA registers, your applicion must be submitted the time a referral list is creed in order to receive considerion for positions associed with a register.

RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.

Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualificions and include job title, employer name, start/end des, number of hours worked per week. Educion, certificion or licensure: If required, educion should include school/institution name, completion de, degree type and GPA. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion and failure to provide ALL of this informion may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded informion again when applying for future vacancies. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Danielle Dombecki Phone 1 (609) 485-4323 Fax 1 (609) 485-8995 Danielle.

C.Dombecki@faa.gov Address Federal Aviion Administrion ACT Regional HR Services Branch Atlantic City Internional Airport, Bldg. 300 AHF-N710 Atlantic City, NJ 08405 US Next steps Once we receive your complete applicion, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions. Eligible and qualified candides referred to the hiring manager for considerion. You contacted directly if selected for an interview. For instructions on how to check the stus of your applicion, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide . Important - If you make any changes to your applicion, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your applicion and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your applicion package, and only your previously submitted applicion evalued. All qualified applicants considered regardless of political affiliion, race, color, religion, nional origin, gender, sexual oriention, marital stus, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Informion section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodion request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis. Additional informion on reasonable accommodions procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/05/2026 to 05/26/2026 Salary $77,351 - $119,883 per year The salary listed above does not include locality. Locality determined based on the duty locion of the selectee. Pay scale & grade FV I Locions 2 vacancies in the following locions: Burlington, MA Bangor, ME Nashua, NH Ashburn, VA Telework eligible Yes—Situional telework may be permitted in accordance with agency policy. Travel Required 50% or less - The job may require up to 50% travel. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential NA Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Bargaining unit stus - This is a bargaining unit position, represented by the Professional Aviion Safety Specialists ( ). Announcement number

ACT-ATO-26-AJWE24D-98393

Control number 867690200